We offer Eat Your Weeds as part of
Herbs & Nutrition 101
&
The Foundational Herbalism Program.
Consisting of 17 information-packed videos,
with over 7 hours of content.
You will also receive a downloadable study guide.
Eat Your Weeds
Abundance is all around us if you know where to look.
And you won’t have to look much farther than the weeds within your neighborhood.
Do as our ancestors did and forage high-quality, nutritionally rich food at very low to no cost, in this extensive video series.
This class is a part of Foundational Herbalism or you can enjoy it ala carte.
In this online course you will learn how to:
- Identify invasive weeds and recognize common look-alikes
- Harvest weeds efficiently, safely, and seasonally
- Create relationships with your local community and foster real food security
- Learn what parts of the plant are edible and cook into delicious seasonal meals
- and preserve your weeds for later use
You will have access to:
- A community of like-minded weed hunters who forage locally
- Menu of recipes to cook on a budget
- Conversation with local farmers, gardeners, and foragers with tips to finding food in your area
- Access to lead instructor, herbal ambassadors, and online community forum
- Monthly live stream Q&A
Take this course if you:
- Are interested in learning about the food and medicine that surrounds you
- Want to save money and have greater food security
- Ready to expand your plant identification knowledge
- Deepen your connection to the abundance around you and feel secure in all that nature can provide.
- The closer you are to the source of your food, the more nutrient value your food has.
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Weeds don’t have to be a nuisance, they can be the answer.
Cost: $199 ala carte
Course Syllabus
1. Surrounded by food and medicine
- What constitutes a weed?
- What is edible and available?
- What is abundant?
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2. Where to Pick
- Ethical Wildcrafting
- Where Not to Pick
- Where to pick
- Engaging in community resources
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3. What part of the plant to pick
- Botany
- Examples of what to do with each part of a plant, leaves, flowers, fruits
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4. Introducing the top 10 edible plants across the continental US
- A word of awareness - introducing new foods to your diet
- Processing – Acorns, Nettles,
- Research your specific area
- Nutritional content explosion!
- The Herbs List - Each plant was chose to highlight because they are ubiquitous across the continental US and possibly around the world.
- Each class will be focused on one common weed and cover:
- Botanical classification,
- Where it grows,
- Identification,
- Nutritional value,
- Common look-a-likes and
- How to use it.
- Plus added interesting tidbits like historical uses or my experiences
- The following classes are one plant focused
- 5. Black Mustard
- 6. Cheeseweed
- 7. Chickweed
- 8. Cleavers
- 9. Miners lettuce
- 10. Nettles
- 11. Plantain
- 12. Dandelion
- 13. Lambs Quarter
- 14. Dock
- 15. Purslane
- 16. Oxalis
- 17. Recipes - Great with weeds all together or individually
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get to know the flavor profile of each by experimenting individually
- Weedy Pesto
- (pesto lasagna, pesto goat cheese ball, weedy pesto hummus)
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Recipe ideas
- Weedy cole slaw
- Weedy green smoothie powder
- Use fresh in smoothies
- Use in place of spinach in pasta dish or pizza
- Pickled weeds
- Pickled Nasturtium or Mallow leaves for wrappers
- Weedy compound butter
- Weedy filo bake
- Weedy seedy crackers - mix with hydrated chia seeds and spices and dehydrated
"Thank you for such an illuminating class.
Shana's talent & passion for teaching are apparent,
&
I am so glad our paths have crossed.
I feel very blessed by this lecture series.
Shana Rocks!"
Apryl M.
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